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Werther oozes quiet despair in new Canadian Opera Company staging
Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.
Musically and visually stunning, La Reine-garçon ticks all the boxes
Bilodeau and Bouchard’s La Reine-garçon is contemporary opera at its best, telling a great story with outstanding music and stunning visuals.
Ophélie steals the show in Opéra de Montréal's Hamlet
Sarah Dufresne dazzles as Ophélie in Opéra de Montréal's Hamlet along with mezzo Karine Deshayes and the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Jacques Lacombe.
Un oubliable Nabucco à l'Opéra de Québec
Seuls l'excellent baryton James Westman dans le rôle-titre de Nabucco et l'impressionnante tenue du chœur ont sauvé la dernière production de l'Opéra de Québec.
Kopernikus: immersive, disorienting, thought-provoking
Against the Grain's production of Vivier's Kopernikus is an immersive and thought provoking realisation of the composer's late Opera – rituel de mort. It's music theatre of a rare intensity, brilliantly executed.
Abandoned in a chilly Louisiana desert
An aesthetically handsome but cold and distant staging mars the long-awaited return of Eva-Maria Westbroek as Puccini’s heroine at Dutch National Opera.